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Hi Guys,
I just sold my 74 S and am looking at an 88 Carrera in the Houston area. Can anyone give me a name of a good shop that will do a thorough PPI on the 88. Thanks !
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09-18-2006, 10:09 AM
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There are several. You could do a search for PPI and houston, or tell us where approx in town the car is. This is a big place and we could end up recommending stuff that's an hour away.
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Eurocar Werk at 713-661-6428. Are you buying from Victory Motors?
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Yes Ulrich it is Victory. Wanting to check out the Marine Blue 88 coupe. Someone had a PPI done at a place called Koby Motors. They faxed me the report, Not Impressed. Minimal inspection, lousy report details. I need someone to do the full monty on this car.
For MASraum...They are located at 3912 Ace St in Houston. Thats all I know.
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Like any used car shop, Victory has good cars and not so goods. There's a link here on them. Another shop for PPI is the Swiss Garage.
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Swiss Garage is about the closest to Victory as you can get. Also try SC Repair but he's pretty busy.
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Swiss Garage just changed owners and they now work on all import makes. Not sure if the old mechanics are still working there but may want to call first.
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Do a search on victory motorcars. There are 2 or 3 threads here on them. Not all bad, but caveat emptor.
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My favorite mechanic in town is Terry Lawell at Lawell Motorsports. I don't think he's too far from Victory so that's another choice. I've never talked to him about PPI's but I know he'd like to get some more regular work to suppliment the hardcore jobs he gets. BTW, Terry's got a super high HP 996TT, so he's a Porsche guy.
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Eurocar werk does not do PPI's on cars leaving the state. Go figure, what's up with that?
Swiss Garage, Yes, but reluctant to do a leak down "unless you really want it" Hmmmm. Lawell Motorsports, Yes. Gotta tell em what you want. Summary...None of the shops above have a "Standard PPI" checklist that would inclue the kinds of things a long distance buyer would want to know about the car is is about to buy Sight-Unseen. I will provide the list.
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i would hesitate to use eurowerk if buying from victory. it seems that they have a close relationship. caveat emptor or you could emptor your wallet
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